Diablo overview

Diablo is an excellent game, which the user begins the game by having the capability of being one of three different types of characters: a warrior, rogues, or a sorcerer. After choosing your character, you begin in a small village that you come to find out has been taken over by evil.

Diablo has over sixteen levels, which provides plenty of single player enjoyment. However, a new feature not found in many games is free access to the Multiplayer server Battle.net, which Blizzard has provided players of Diablo the capability of playing online with thousands of other players.

Note: Diablo is not available for Linux. Consider using Wine to run Windows programs and games.

Screen Shots

Keyboard Commands

F1 - Displays help.

P - Pause's the game.

ESCAPE - Brings up the main menu.

B - Open the spell book

C - Views the character information.

I - Examine inventory.

Q - Reads the quest log.

S - Displays the spell book.

Z - Zooms in or out.

SHIFT - Hold down when attacking to prevent the character from moving.

TAB - Displays the map.

+/- - Zoom the map in or out.

ARROW KEYS - scroll Automap.

1-8 - use specific belt item.

F5-F8 - Highlight spells in spell book and press f5-f8 to assign hotkey. Once assigned, the key will prepare that specific spell.

F9-F12 - Auto Send messages during auto play.

ENTER - Open message window or send message.

SPACEBAR - Closes all open windows.

Quests

ButcherQuest Given From: The Wounded TownsmanQuest Summary: First find the room with the Butcher in it. It should be a room on Level 2 with many slain bodies inside. If you are a Warrior, obtain a shield, a sword, some leather armor, and many healing potions on your belt. Open the door and let him come to you. When he gets close to y u, try to get off the first hit. With luck, you should be able to pummel him to death with your sword while taking minimal damage. If you are a Rogue open the door and run back. Hit and run while firing arrows into him until he dies. If you are a Sorcerer, open the door and make sure he sees you Cast a Flame Wall spell in his chamber, then shut the door. He should succumb to the flames. After he dies, pick up the Butcher's Cleaver, a unique item.

Poisoned WaterQuest Given From: PepinQuest Summary: When you hit Level 2 of the dungeon go back to town and talk to Pepin. He should tell you that he water of Tristram is going bad, and that it is up to you to figure out what is going on before people become sick and die. Go back to Level 2 and look for a hole in the walls rounded by candles. When you find this hole (move the cursor over it and it should say 'Dark Passage') enter it. Inside you should find Goatmen, Dark Ones, and other enemies. Defeat all the enemies in the Dark Passage, and the quest will be solved. Return to Pepin and he gives you the Ring o Truth as your reward.

Ogden's SignQuest Given From: OgdenQuest Summary: When Ogden informs you that his sign to his tavern is missing, go down to Level 4 and search for a Dark One named Snotspill. He will inform you that some 'big uglies' stole his sign, and that he wants it back. Search around Level 4 for a room with many Overlords and a chest inside. Open the chest to retrieve Ogden's sign. From this point, you can solve the quest via two methods. The first is to give the sign back to Snotspill. He will say that he can now cast great magic, and will ambush you with Overlords. Or, you can go give Ogden back his sign and get a magical it m as a reward.

Garbad the WeakQuest Given From: Garbad the WeakQuest Summary: Venture into Level 4, and you meet Garbad the Weak. He will tell you that if you protect him from the enemies in the dungeon, he gives you a great reward. After he tells you this, go off somewhere else besides Level 4. Return to him and receive an item. At this time he will tell you that he is still crafting your reward, and gives you some item to hold you over until then. Leave Level 4 and return to Garbad a second time, and he will tell you that he is almost done. Leave again and return to Garbad, and he will say that he has finished the item, but you just fight him for it. He is easy to kill, and when you do, pick up the random item he was making.

Valor ArmorQuest Given From:BookQuest Summary: In Level 5 of the catacombs you will find a book that will speak of the warrior Arkaine, and will tell that his armor called Valor resides somewhere in the Catacombs. Search the catacombs for a blood altar and three blood stones. Pick up all three blood stones and place the in the blood altar (just click on the altar once to place a stone). When this is done, a wall will disappear and a great hall will be before you. Continue down the hall, killing all enemies in your way. At the end of the hallway you will find Arkaine's Valor Armor.

Magic RockQuest Given From: GriswoldQuest Summary: After you enter the catacombs return to town and talk to Griswold. He will speak of the Magic Rock, which he has heard of. If you return it to him, he gives you a reward. Return to the catacombs and search for the Magic Rock. Once you find it, return it to Griswold and receive the Empyrean Band.

Halls of the BlindQuest Given From: BookQuest Summary: Read this book to recite a poem about the Halls of the Blind. After you read it through, you can access a room that you couldn't access before. Enter the room and search one of the adjacent rooms for the Optic Amulet. Once you find it, this quest has been completed.

Black MushroomQuest Given From: AdriaQuest Summary: Search the caverns for a Fungal Tome. Once found go to town and talk to Adria. She will tell you to make use of it, she needs a Black Mushroom. Return to the caves and search for a patch of mushrooms within. Take the Black Mushroom and return to Adria with it. She will say that she now needs an elixir from Pepin. Ask Pepin for the elixir, and he will say that he needs a demon's brain to create such an elixir. Return to the caves and kill any demon. His brain will pop out. Grab it and return to Pepin for the elixir. Go back to Adria with the elixir, and she will say that she does not need it any more. Drink the elixir to raise all your base stats by three.

Anvil of FuryQuest Given From: GriswoldQuest Summary: After you enter deep into the caves, return to town and talk to Griswold. He will speak of the Anvil of Fury, which he has heard of, and will tell you that if he has this anvil, he can craft you a truly powerful weapon. On Level 10 of the caves, out on a peninsula of land, which stretches into the lava, you will find the Anvil of Fury. Get it and return to Griswold for Griswold's Edge, a very good sword.

Warlord of BloodQuest Given From: BookQuest Summary: Later in the game you will find a Steel Tomb that talks about the Warlord of Blood. Proceed down to Level 13 to find him. He will be in a room guarding the entrance down to Level 14 along with a few other Blood Knights. To kill him easily, lure out each of his escort Blood Knights one by one. With time and patience, you should be able to lure most of them out without provoking the Warlord to come after you. When you feel that you are ready, get close to him and retreat. He should follow you. Exit the room that he is in to give yourself some space, then fight him to he death. After you kill him, enter back into the room he was in to get some cool armor and weapons. When you have collected all the items that you want, go on down to Level 14.

Zhar the MadQuest Given From: Zhar the MadQuest Summary: In Level 8 of the catacombs, you should encounter Zhar the Mad in a library. Talk to him, and he gives you a book to keep you busy while he goes about his work. Take the book and all the scrolls around you, but do not take the book from the bookcase. When you feel you are ready to fight him, take the book from the bookcase. Zhar will get mad that you have done this, and will fight you. He will teleport around the room and shoot fireballs with his staff, making him very hard to get a hit on him without being hurt yourself. To make this much easier, Stone Curse him when he is visible to get some easy hits on him. One or two Stone Curse spells, and he should be dead for sure.

LachdananQuest Given From: LachdananQuest Summary: Find Lachdanan on Level 14 and talk to him. He will not attack you, and will explain his story of how he was once one of King Leoric's Knights until a curse came upon him. He is the only one of the Blood Knights that has stood the curse and kept his sanity, and requests that you find him a golden potion so he can end his life without being eternally damned. Head down to Level 15 and search for this potion. Once you find it, return to Lachdanan and give it to him. He gives you the Veil of Steel and, after he kills himself, he will drop a magical item for your use.

Skeleton KingQuest Given From: BookQuest Summary: Enter his tomb on the third level. Within the tomb you should kill all the enemies, then approach the two levers. Switch the lever on the left (east room) to open a door to a room with a couple of chests. Check the chests for useful items inside. Once you do that, go back an switch the lever on the right (west room) to open the way to the Skeleton King. Try to get to the Skeleton King as quickly as possible to kill him, for he will resurrect other skeletons if you attack them first. Holy Bolt works nicely on him, and hand to hand combat with him could prove to be fatal.

Archbishop LazarusQuest Given From: CainQuest Summary: Search Level 15 until you find the Staff of Lazarus. Once you find it, pick it up and head back to town with it. Talk to Cain, and he will notice the owner of the staff and explain to you how Lazarus must be killed at this point of time. He takes the staff from you and send you on your way. Head back down to Level 15 and you will find a red portal near the marble pentagram. Enter the portal to enter Lazarus' lair. Once you enter his lair, proceed to go through it killing all the Hell Spawns and other enemies you find. Once you have cleared out all the enemies you can find, go search for a gray circle on the ground (there should be two or three). Enter it to get into an area where some Hell Spawns were. Enter the other gray circle, and you should be in another area where Hell Spawns were. Now retreat to where you started the level at. A third gray circle should be on the ground. Enter it to go straight to Lazarus. After the cut scene of him, you should start off in a room with Lazarus and many Hell Spawns. Lazarus will be talking, and the Hell Spawns will just be sitting there. Take this point in time to run down the hall. When he is done talking, the Hell Spawns will come after you little by little. Kill them off until only Lazarus is left. Find Lazarus, and kill him to complete the quest. Stone Curse works nicely on him if you can't get him to hold still.

DiabloQuest Given From: CainQuest Summary: After you have killed Lazarus, head back to Cain in town. He will now tell you of the quest of Diablo, Lord of Terror. Retreat back down to Level 15, and walk into the pentagram to enter his lair. To make this level very simple, fight your way down to the lower-left hand corner of the map. There you should find an enclosed room, with many enemies and monsters scattered around it. Kill them all, and ready a spell or scroll of Telekinesis. Inside the room you should be able to see two levers. Both must be pulled to open the room with Diablo in it. Head down to the lower-right hand corner of the level. You should find Diablo there along with other enemies. Try to lure just Diablo out of the room. Once you do, lead him to some other part of the level away from all other monsters. Once it is just you and him, go in for the kill.

Shrines

Abandoned ShrineQuote: "The hands of men are guided by fate."Effect: Raises Dexterity by 2.